Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-08
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

city of 1000 inhabitants one rail-
road finished and two otbera on the
wav and her bav. which Il the acc,
ond best on the Pacific coast /, Oiled
At ali times with 0real steamer, from
ali parts of the world. The tiJe ot
Immigration continues TO flow In and
the prices of real esiate are constant.
ly advancing and will soon he n,
hiob as los AnUeles An that ba,
been said about real estate agents al
the Latter Mace will annIv with enusI
force and illness 10 those here. II,
fact there Ia but little dlfTerent he.
tween The professioual boomers In
any of The cities ont here Their
methods and general characteri.tic,
are about the ssme Ali over Tho west
There il an intense rivalry botween
San Diego and Los Angeles and Inc
onestion as 10 which Is 70 he fha fu.
ture metronolis of Snutharn C.lifnr.
mia will be decided within the next
two or three vears Ios An0oles IA
Ia miles from the cosst. has Gfl OO0 in.
habiiants and Ia surrounded bv one
of the finest sections of country In
California. She has plentv of water
and ex meets 10 bnild the CITY nm sol.
Id TO the ocean In A few more wears
She has mo harbor when sbe oets n
the sea. but The Los Angeles boomer
tells Won that The city will do with
her enterprise and capital what ma.
ture failed 70 donate sucb a har.
nor as sbe uaeds
San Diego on The contrary has one
of the finest bavs In the world. which
il lG miles IonG and over a mile wide
The clty Ia now on the middle of The
bay coast. but tbe limits have been
eYiended from one end 10 the other
and the land emf mn into town loi,
which are held AT enormous prices
Nor is this ali. The neninsular thu,
forms tho bav ia being built nm and
land over there ia even higher than
tbe main land. The water question
is IN he solved nv hringino water in
mines 30 miles from reservoirs in IN.
mnnntains and flnmes ara now he.
inc constructed which will supply
su1Iicient quantities Of water for a
large CITY, San Diego proposes to
Offset the connlrv advantages ofLos
Angeles with her msgniflcent barbor
and has entered The contest for met.
ropoliten supremscy. The San Die
gans claim that their city will no,
Only surnass Los ANGELES in a faw
years hut will eyen rival San Fran.
cisco In the oourse of time.
The nresent city of San Diego il
NOT a handsome town. The streets
are wide and regularly laid ont. but
ARE NOT vet metaled or payed.
Tha dnst abounda everywhere and
fleas are 40 numerous thai they are
an intolerable nuisance. You cannot
walk along tbe streets without get
tinv fulI Of them and thev are even
woTse. If possible. than tho real es.
tale agents who alnost worry the
life on1 of Won Bui few of The resi-.
dence lots have been improved and
there are but few trees or grass plots
10 he seen. The CITY is located on
level ground but n higb hin on one
side ia intended 10 he The popular
residence nortion.
some of The bindings going up
are better than any / saw in Los
Angeles and the place has street rail.
waSs waterworks electric lights and
all tha modern imnrovemenis She
IL esneciallv we'll snnnlied with no.
tells and has four daily newspaper,
that comnara favorahly with apy OF
The five dailies Al Los Angeles. The
climate il about the same in both
nlaces with The advantage of ocean
hr,.ezes In favor of San Diego.
In The Coronado Reach CO. the civ
of San Diego has n strong and enter.
nrising alIy. A wealthy syndicate
has bonoht The neninsnIar across The
bay-which on the man looks like a
hinge naIr of stuffed saddle-bags-
connected with the main land by 8
narrow range of hills. The a,rit
which connects The two parts il bui
. faw bundled feet wide and mi,
will he converted info grand bople
ward, The north island, as il il
csIled contains 400 and the soutl
one 100 acres The smaller one
which ia direotly opposite San Diego
is now being IMPROVED in grant
stvle and has been laid ofrinto street,
and avenues and nearly ali of tht
hundreds of lots are now in th,
hands of speculators. A considera
hia town has ALREADY sprung nm ant
business houses. hotels and a post.of
fcc are omen. although the prount
was not mt on tho market until las
snring The Hotel Del Coronado, {
mammoth seaside resort on the oceal
side is nearing completion. 1t con
tains 530 he'd rooms and will accom-,
modate 1000 guests. It will hav,
900 rooms In ali the dining room be
;nS 156 bv 90 feet. and there will b,
s00 feet of verandas 90 feet wide
1s,b.ra 1sy viii he a theatre hath honses
and everv modern convenience. ali il
cnnnection with the hotel. which i
eynectad 10 be tbe leading coast re
sort of America, The hotel alon,
III @,.;,, ooot SI 0O0 OoO and the beach i'm